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Pique calls for end to verbal attacks on Barcelona

Pique calls for end to verbal attacks on Barcelona

Last Updated: Thursday, January 02, 2014, 22:10

Madrid: FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has called for a stop to the unfair criticism on his club.

It
has been a difficult year for Barcelona. Apart from questions raised
over the style of play, the club has also had to contend with
accusations of corruption raised against club president Sandro Rosell
over the purchase of Brazilian striker Neymar, while Lionel Messi was
also accused of tax evasion along with his father, Jorge, reports
Xinhua.

Madrid newspaper El Mundo also launched accusations,
later denied by authorities, that Jorge Messi was being investigated for
money laundering on behalf of drug cartels.

Meanwhile, several
stories about possible departures from the club, including those of
Messi and Carles Puyol, which have later been shown to be false, have
also appeared in the Madrid based press.

For Pique, never a man to hold back his opinions, it is more than just coincidence behind all of these accusations.

"We are being attacked from all sides. There has to come a moment when you have to say enough is enough," he said.

Messi
has been the target for many of these accusations and Pique defended
his teammate, who returns to Spain Thursday after close to a month in
his home in Argentina recovering from a muscle injury.

"There are
laws and rules and someone who puts down those rules and imposes the
law. There is a time to stop. Somebody should start to impose justice
for all the rubbish that is being thrown in Messi`s direction,"
continued the Spanish defender.

Pique was also asked about
Barca`s arch rival, Real Madrid, who have won just one BBVA Primera Liga
title and one Copa del Rey in the past five seasons as Barca have
dominated the Spanish league.

"It is difficult for Real Madrid to
see how their rival wins so many titles. We lived through the same
situation a while ago and it is very difficult but they have to accept
the things as they are. Sometimes one side wins and sometimes it`s the
other. It is a question of cycles and this one belongs to Barca," he
said.

Pique`s side are currently are on level on points with
Atletico Madrid at the top of the league table with Real Madrid five
points off the pace. The defender sees Atletico as a big threat for this
season`s title.

"We are level on points and we beat then in the
Supercup, but they have come from where they come from and we have come
from a different place. Atletico have enjoyed two very good years," he
said.